Vic Govt defends college repair funds

The Victorian Government has denied maintenance funding for Horsham College is a "bandaid solution" in place of a grant for its redevelopment.

The college has been named as one of nine schools in the Lowan electorate to get money for maintenance works.

However, the Member for Lowan, Hugh Delahunty, says the grant of nearly $230,000 does not rule out the college from further funding in this year's state budget.

"It's about providing an upgrade to those facilities that are in a poor or worn condition but the aim is not to put money on a bandaid solution, it is to provide maintenance money to address some of those maintenance problems," he said.

"But we'll look for the infrastructure money as part of the budget process."

Horsham Mayor David Grimble says while the funding is welcome, the college desperately needs to be rebuilt.

"It might have some positive very short-term benefits but really that amount of funding is just really bandaid stuff and it's not what the community's looking for," he said.

"The college is dilapidated, it's past its use-by date and any sort of maintenance money is really just tiding us over until we get that bigger announcement."

Mildura West Primary School has received more than $320,000 in maintenance funding.